“ALICE was my favourite track of the week and contains some of the best writing I've ever heard come through BBC Introducing.”
— Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music
Vulpes Urbana, AKA Urban Fox are currently a four piece band based in North Wales, comprising Chris Ingram, Hazel Ogden, David Watson and John Ramm.
Poets, musicians, singers and beat makers who utilise tales such as Fantastic Mr Fox and legends such as Neil Gaimans American Gods to create their own brand of folk-hop, lyrical poetry, harmonies, unique grooves and a dash of the theatrical to really create a show...
A vibe that has been likened to Kate Tempest meets the Doors, Tom Waits meets the Happy Mondays with a feel of John Cooper Clarke, Ivor Cutlor and Aidan Moffat of Arab Strab.
Being born from previous projects The Glendale Family and Man of Straw & Friends, the band have had a multitude plays across BBC WALES, BBC 6 MUSIC, BBC Introducing, BBC MIXTAPE, Fresh On The Net alongside many regional, national and international plays on commercial and local radio.
The PREVIOUS incarnations also had the honour of having 'ALICE' and '90's Times' chosen as Tom Robinson's track of the week and Fresh Net's top 10 of the week respectively alongside main support slots with Euros Childs, 9 Bach and British Sea Power.
The debut E.P. entitled "Paper for Work" rapidly sold out last summer and gained them a cult following with gigs at Festival No. 6, Pie Records, Wrexfest, Gwdihw, Telfords Warehouse, Live n Loud Festival, Smithdown Road Festival and Edinburgh Fringe.
This summer with an all new action lineup, added synth and drums the band are playing on the bill at various shows including...
***ODDFELLOWS on Monday 13th May.
***FOCUS WALES with Cate Le Bon on Saturday 18th May at 9.30pm.
***RHUDDFEST on Sunday 26th May at 4.30pm.
***TELFORDS WAREHOUSE on Sunday 2nd June as hosts of open mic at 8.30pm.
***LLANGOLLEN FRINGE FESTIVAL on Saturday 20th July at 5pm. More TBC.
“Chris channels the spirit of Ivor Cutlor and Arab Strap's Aiden Moffat perfectly on Long In The Tooth.”
— BBC Mixtape
“90's Times sounds like it jumped straight out of the new Trainspotting film.”
— Fresh on the Net top ten track.
“Giro Liono IS the real McCoy". "I've been a fan of Chris Ingram's spoken word work for quite some time and am excited about intriguing new project, Vulpes Urbana.”
— Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music